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April 13, 2020
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Dolby Digital Plus codec

  • April 13, 2020
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Hello. I need to be able to export MPEG4 clips from Adobe Premiere Pro CC with a Dolby Digital Plus codec. How can I go about that? Is it something I need to purchase a license for? 

 

Thanks.

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    Correct answer RjL190365

    Sorry, but Adobe no longer includes or sells a Dolby anything encoder at all. You will need to purchase a third-party licensed encoder plugin.

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    Richard M KnightCommunity Expert
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    April 13, 2020

    Not sure if this is the same but I can produce an MP4 file with DD plus audio using the Surcode encoder.

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      snowdogx1Author
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      April 13, 2020

      I'll have to look into that. When I try and export an MPEG4 I'm not given the option of using the Surcode encoder. Minnetonka themselves says it wasn't possible, but maybe I'm trying it wrong somehow. Thanks.

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      Richard M KnightCommunity Expert
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      April 14, 2020

      Are you selecting Mpeg4 or H264 as your video code. Only H264 has the Surcode option. 

      Averdahl
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      AverdahlCommunity Expert
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      April 13, 2020

      This may be what you are looking for: SurCode for Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Encoder for Adobe Premiere Pro Creative Cloud

       

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      snowdogx1Author
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      April 13, 2020

      Hi. Thanks. Yes that's the company I purchased the MPEG2 codec from. Unfortunately they don't produce a similar product for MPEG4 in Premiere. They have one in development but I'm needing it now. Thanks for your help. I'll keep looking but frankly I'm not finding anyone.

      Averdahl
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      AverdahlCommunity Expert
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      April 13, 2020

      Have you tried TMPGEnc Movie Plug-in AVC for Premiere Pro?

       

      I have it installed and can export Dolby Digital audio when i export to MPEG4. It will export up to 5.1 Surround directly via Premiere Pro and Media Encoder, but you may need more since you are referring to Dolby Digital Plus. 🙂

       

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        April 13, 2020

        Sorry, but Adobe no longer includes or sells a Dolby anything encoder at all. You will need to purchase a third-party licensed encoder plugin.

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          snowdogx1Author
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          April 13, 2020

          Yes that’s what I suspected. For my current MPEG2 exports I use a plugin I purchased from Minnetonka Audio, but they don’t produce a similar codec for MPEG4. And I can’t find anyone who does, but I was hoping maybe you knew of a company that does. Do you have a preferred vendor for such things?

           

          Thanks.

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